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27 July 2007

Chocolate birthday cake

Just one last post today to show you the birthday cake I made for Kerry, they'll have a slice each for dessert tonight. It's a sour cherry chocolate cake, no butter it's made with olive oil so it should be moist. It's a chocolate ganache on top and 650 grams of cherries in the middle.

Thank you all for for visiting today, and other days, and thanks as well for all your generous comments. I do appreciate them and love having contact with everyone who reads here.

Cherry FillingEmpty a jar of sour cherries into a saucepan and add a tablespoon of cornflour. Heat up while stirring, until the juice is clear and thick. Allow to cool.

Chocolate GanacheEqual amounts of dark chocolate with cream. Break the chocolate up and heat in the microwave, on medium, for 3 minutes. Then stir the chocolate through the hot cream until it's all combined. Cool, then place in the fridge for about 15 minutes until it's starting to set but is still pliable.

Hi RhondaHow lovely to be able to see a picture of you! Thank you for all your wonderful bloggings and musings and thoughts and generosity with your ideas.

I loved the photo of your family all together. YOu all look wonderful and what handsome boys (including K!)

And Happy Birthday to K.

Re the coolroom - what I good idea. I have been musing with the idea of getting hold of a dead freezer to try and get my potato harvests to last a little longer. BUt I worry that it might be too moist in there, and that perhaps I would have to wrap them with lots of newspaper.....? I will give it some more thought.

I made a mistake in typing this recipe, both in two amounts and putting bicarb as a descriptor of baking powder. What is there now is correct. Sorry everyone. If you printed the recipe out before, you'll need to check and adjust it.

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